Today’s Encouragement is, “I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.” Psalm 119:11 NLT Your Word In My Heart – I confess, I began with envy. I envied those who knew God’s Word and could easily quote it accurately. I wanted to be like that. My motivation was ego, but GodContinue reading “Your Word In My Heart”
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I Will Blot Out
Today’s Encouragement is, [God said] “I—yes, I alone—will blot out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again.” Isaiah 43:25 NLT I Will Blot Out – In the days of ink and papyrus, erasers didn’t exist, so blotting, completely covering with ink, was the only way to remove, erase, orContinue reading “I Will Blot Out”
Once For All
Today’s Encouragement is, “Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit. “ 1 Peter 3:18 NLT Once For all – Once – There will be noContinue reading “Once For All”
Loved Him More
Today’s Encouragement is, Then Jesus told him this story: “A man loaned money to two people-500 pieces of silver to one and 50 pieces to the other. But neither of them could repay him, so he kindly forgave them both, canceling their debts. Who do you suppose loved him more after that?” Simon answered, “IContinue reading “Loved Him More”
So Unreliable
Today’s Encouragement is, “Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.” 1 Timothy 6:17 NLT So Unreliable – The wisdom of biblical truth isContinue reading “So Unreliable”
All Night
Today’s Encouragement is “One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night.” Luke 6:12 NLT All Night – Jesus went up on a mountain. Alone. No hotel room, no cabin. Sat under the stars. Alone. All night. And prayed. No sleep. No food. No water.Continue reading “All Night”
Never Again
Today’s Encouragement is, “Then he [God] says, ‘I will never again remember their sins and lawless deeds.’” Hebrews 10:17 NLT Never Again – Not only does He understand us, not only does He forgive us, but He goes even beyond forgiveness, and He chooses to forget all our mistakes and intentional sins! And this is onlyContinue reading “Never Again”
A New Person
Today’s Encouragement is, “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Romans 12:2a NLT A New Person – We choose; we are given the power of choice! We can choose to let God transform us into a new person, or,Continue reading “A New Person”
God Made You Alive
Today’s Encouragement is, “You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.” Colossians 2:13-14 NLTContinue reading “God Made You Alive”
Perhaps The Lord Will
Today’s Encouragement is, “And perhaps the LORD will see that I am being wronged and will bless me because of these curses today.” 2 Samuel 16:12 NLT Perhaps The Lord Will – King David was fleeing from His Kingdom. His son, Absolom, had usurped the throne, and he left in sorrow and grief. Shimei cursed him,Continue reading “Perhaps The Lord Will”